A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lichtl(y)ing, Lichleing, Lighleing, ppl. a. That belittles, disdainful, contemptuous. —1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 221/169.
To sett at nocht his foes thocht small by lichleing [1591, lighleing] disdaine 1604 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 113.
For the lichtling and unreverent langage spokin be him to his father
